Cheesecake Ghosts

Turn delicious cheesecake into the most adorable little Cheesecake Ghosts for Halloween. Don't let this holiday disappear before making these sweet treats.

You know by now how much I love making decorated cheesecakes for holidays.

I've shared recipes to make a Happy Jack-O-Lantern Cheesecake, Mini Cheesecake Pumpkins, Cheesecake-Stuffed Halloween Cupcakes, and Cheesecake Leaves and Pumpkins to name a few.

The idea to make these mini ghost cheesecakes came to me just yesterday when I was putting all my Halloween silicone molds back in my cupboard and I noticed my brownie pop molds that had never been used for a blog project.

I used my favorite cheesecake recipe and baked them in the brownie pops silicone mold. Then, I added candy eyes and black confetti sprinkles.

These Halloween cheesecakes are super easy to make and look so cute.

Being they don't have a crust, I served them on individual plastic appetizer plates. They looked great on the dessert table.

If you plan to serve these at a Halloween party, place them on your table frozen. The mini cheesecakes will thaw in about 15-20 minutes and will be ready to eat.

Ingredients

• cream cheese - Use full-fat cream cheese that has been softened at room temperature for at least 3 hours.
• sugar
• eggs - Use room temperature eggs. You can warm eggs in their shell in hot water for 5 minutes.
• heavy whipping cream - Cream will add a creamy texture to the cheesecakes and will make a thinner cheesecake filling that will be easy to pour into the silicone molds.
• vanilla
• candy eyes
• black confetti sprinkles or mini chocolate chips

Supplies

• mixing bowl and mixer or stand mixer with bowl
• silicone brownie pops molds
• baking sheet

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Instructions

• Make the cheesecake batter according to the recipe instuctions below.
• Set brownie pop molds on a baking sheet.
• Fill 18-22 brownie pop cavities with cheesecake filling.

Notes

• You can fill them all the way to the top and make 18 cheesecakes.
• I filled mine to the fill line and got 21 mini cheesecakes.

• Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 22-24 minutes.

Notes

• As the cheesecakes bake they may puff up a bit, but will sink as they cool.
• These cheesecakes are so small that you do not need to bake them in a water bath like I suggest when making larger cheesecakes.

• Allow your ghost-shaped cheesecakes to cool at room temperature for one hour, then freeze them for at least 3 hours.
• You want them frozen solid, so you can push them out of the molds without making any dents in the tops of the cheesecakes.
• Turn the molds upside down and tug at the edge of the mold. This will help the frozen cheesecakes to fall out of the mold.

I suggest putting your frozen cheesecakes on tiny plates. I got mine at a party supply store.

• Then allow them to thaw for 15 minutes or so before decorating. Press two candy eyes and one black confetti sprinkle mouth onto each cheesecake to make your ghosts.
• You can refrigerate the cheesecakes for up to five days or keep them frozen for about a month, but I would recommend decorating them just before serving. I had some already decorated in my refrigerator and the candy eyes oddly bled and melted a bit. They looked really creepy.

Related Recipes

You might enjoy these other fun ghost-themed Halloween recipes.

Charlie Brown Ghost Brownies

Sweet Ghost Crisps

Ghost Pops with edible googly eyes

Gumdrop Ghosts

Recipe

This cheesecake recipe was originally published on October 31, 2014.

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Cheesecake Ghosts

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

Bite-sized cheesecake ghosts decorated with candy eyes are fun desserts for Halloween.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baby cheesecake, cheesecake ghost, halloween desserts

Servings: 18

Author: Beth Klosterboer

Ingredients

• butter, to coat the inside of your molds
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened (do not use low fat or no-fat cream cheese)
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• optional white icing coloring
• 36-44 candy eyes
• 18-22 black confetti sprinkles (or mini chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Butter the cavities in your molds.
3. Beat cream cheese until smooth.
4. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
5. Add heavy whipping cream, eggs, and vanilla and beat just to combine.
6. Set brownie pop molds on a baking sheet.
7. Fill 18-22 brownie pop cavities with cheesecake filling.
8. Bake for 22-25 minutes until set.
9. Allow them to cool at room temperature for one hour, then freeze them for at least 3 hours.
10. Un-mold them onto small dessert plates.

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Beth Klosterboer

Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com

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